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Steens Mountain, Oregon--August 9, 2013-- Two meteors--the light streaks-- blast through The Milky Way Friday August 9, 2013 during the build up to the annual Perseid meteor shower. The photograph, from the East Rim of Steens Mountain is a 30 second exposure made with the camera mounted to a tripod. Oregon Museum of Science and Industry is hosting a start party to watch the 2014 Perseid shower Tuesday, Aug. 12, at L.L. "Stub" Stewart State Park. (Jamie Francis/The Oregonian, 2013)

Billed as Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)'s largest star party of the year, Tuesday's Perseid Meteor Shower Watch is supposed to unite hundreds of Pacific Northwest stargazers under the sky at Rooster Rock State Park and, closer to Hillsboro along Highway 47, L.L. "Stub" Stewart State Park. Other events today include Hillsboro's Tuesday Marketplace and a lesson on DIY interior painting at the city's main library: